In the TV series of the Yongzheng Dynasty, when it comes to the way of being an official in the officialdom, Tong Guowei and Zhang Tingyu, who have both served as the chief minister of the study and the head of the hundred officials, can be said to be the two representative figures who know the way of being an official the most.
Tong Guowei is a scheming and typical representative of family politics. Although he collapsed because of his support for Lao Ba, he supported his nephew Long Keduo to become the Governor of the Nine Doors, so that the Tong family maintained a long-term prosperity.
And Zhang Tingyu, as a Han Chinese, was not only reused by Kangxi, but also reused by Yongzheng, and even up to the Qianlong Dynasty, he was reused, which can be described as an official tumbler.
So today Song Anzhi talked about these two people, which one knows the way of being an official better. In fact, seriously speaking, it is Zhang Tingyu who knows the way of being an official better, not Tong Guowei.
Why do you say that, next Song Anzhi to talk about it in detail.
First of all, here is still a cliché to say once Ha, this analysis article only talks about the drama and does not say history, not the TV series as a positive history. Just analyze and analyze the various life principles and workplace principles contained in the classic TV series of the Yongzheng Dynasty, all the analysis is based on the plot of the Yongzheng Dynasty TV series.
Tong Guowei and Zhang Tingyu can be said to be two very different representatives of the old fox in the officialdom. Tong Guowei's focus is on the continuation of family politics, so for the ancestral motto "Don't go all the way to black" is pure fire. And Zhang Tingyu can be said to be the representative of pure subjects, a typical workplace master, and the reason why he can be reused under the hands of Kangxi who is generous or mean is that he thinks about problems and solves problems from the perspective of the emperor, so he can always be reused.
Originally, the two people's paths were different, and it can be said that they have their own advantages. However, When Tong Guowei chose the younger generation of the family to continue the family politics, he undoubtedly made a big mistake, so he was much inferior.
Let's first look at Tong Guowei's superb political level, burning the hot stove of the old August 1st Party himself, and letting his nephew Long Keduo burn the cold stove of the old fourth.
While proposing a new crown prince, Kangxi found that there were too many people who supported Lao Ba, threatening his rule. Therefore, he specially asked Tong Guowei to eat with him, although the conversation was about some seemingly ordinary words, which actually had a deep meaning. After a meal, Kangxi means Tong Guowei you retire, but your Tong clan has a great merit, it can be said that we love the Xinjue Luo family, so as compensation, your nephew Long Keduo took office as the Governor of the Nine Doors. Regarding the specific analysis of this meal, Song Anzhi said in the previous Yongzheng Dynasty series of analysis, interested friends can go to see.
In the face of this situation, Tong Guowei reacted very quickly. The first is to immediately call his nephew Ronkodo to come and teach him the ancestral precept of "don't go all the way to the black". He then instructed Roncodo to betray himself the next day and sit firmly in the position of The Admiral of the Nine Doors in this "name-casting" manner. Second, when the new prince was proposed, he openly confronted Kangxi for the sake of the old eight, so as to envelop the old eight party, and if the old eight gained power in the future, he would also have benefits. At the same time, he knew that Kangxi wanted to clean up the old eighty-one party, so he deliberately confronted Kangxi and expanded the negative impact, so that Kangxi could suppress the old eighth more logically.
Tong Guowei went through this operation, although he retired early. However, the continuation of the family politics was successfully completed, so that his nephew Long Keduo sat firmly in the position of the Governor of the Nine Doors, and maintained the prosperity of the Tong clan, which can be said to be extremely clever.
Of course, Tong Guowei made a fatal mistake, although his arrangement continued family politics. However, his nephew Long Keduo obviously did not learn the true truth of the ancestral precept "Don't go all the way to the black", so in the Yongzheng period, he desperately participated in the Eight Kings Discussion, and the result was that he was imprisoned, and the Tong clan naturally declined.
It can be said that Tong Guowei misread Longkeduo, or that no one in the Tong clan provoked the girder, and he insisted that Longkeduo, the head of the wall, shoulder this responsibility, and the result was that Longkeduo did not shoulder this responsibility, and the family politics of the Tong family naturally ended here.
Zhang Tingyu is different, his method can actually be said to be unchanged to respond to changes. Unlike Tong Guowei, who is deliberately thinking about the hot stove and the cold stove, it is also necessary to make passive arrangements. Zhang Tingyu has always stood in the perspective of the emperor to think about the problem, in line with the emperor, such as Kangxi Ding Laosi as the heir, Zhang Tingyu naturally supports the fourth elder, so it was reused in the Yongzheng period, so Zhang Tingyu can be said to be invincible and unfavorable.
And Zhang Tingyu's great wisdom can be said to be everywhere in the play. For example, when the Criminal Department was unjustly convicted, Kangxi told Zhang Tingyu that it was not easy to raise a son, so that Zhang Tingyu heard Kangxi's words and knew that Kangxi could not bear to be moved by the prince, so he took it upon himself to burn the confession about the prince, making Kangxi look angry on the surface and was actually very happy.
When it came to the time of the Rehe hunt to abolish the prince, Zhang Tingyu soberly felt that something was wrong, believing that the prince did not have the courage to launch a mutiny, and was probably wronged. When the prince wall was pushed down by everyone, he expressed his opinion to Kangxi, and then took out a letter about the prince's mutiny to compare, so that Kangxi could see that this was a handwriting of imitation, and the prince was wronged. Zhang Tingyu also stabilized Kangxi, who wanted to investigate this matter immediately, which meant that the current situation was obscure and unclear, mainly to stabilize the situation, do not pursue it first, it can be said that it is quite sober, and it is quite thoughtful for Kangxi.
When discussing the new crown prince, Zhang Tingyu guessed Kangxi's mind even more, and his unusual recommendation of the deposed prince Yin Rong could be said to have greatly satisfied Kangxi, so he praised him in public. He even asked him to take over Tong Guowei's position and become the chief minister of the upper study.
Moreover, Zhang Tingyu was very careful, always cautious in the face of the emperor, not arrogant, and tried not to offend others. And it is quite incorruptible, such as Nian Tangyao sent Zhang Tingyu four worthless gifts, Zhang Tingyu is dead or alive, in the face of Nian Tangyao's personal hospitality, Zhang Tingyu although he accepted a part of the gift, but immediately returned the gift, it can be said that he was very careful.
Therefore, to sum up, in the official arena, there are very few people who start from the overall situation. There are also very few people who can think about problems from the perspective of the emperor and come up with solutions. And everything can start from the overall situation, and there are very few people who can think about problems and solve problems from the perspective of the emperor, because sometimes starting from the overall situation is not necessarily in line with the holy will, so there are very few of the two, and it is obvious that Zhang Tingyu is one of these few.
Zhang Tingyu had another advantage in doing so, only standing on the imperial power and not on the side of other princes, Yin Yin was still the biggest leader of Qingliu. Therefore, even if it is the case that Lao Ba really put Yongzheng in the air through the Eight Kings Council, then Lao Ba does not dare to do anything to Zhang Tingyu, because Zhang Tingyu's influence is too great, and it can be said that Zhang Tingyu alone is already in an almost invincible position.
Therefore, when it comes to the way of being an official in the official field, Zhang Tingyu is actually better than Tong Guowei. Because Zhang Tingyu chose the road of being invincible, and Tong Guowei sought too much, the focus was on the continuation of family politics, but in the face of the changeable situation at that time, the continuation of family politics was full of too much uncertainty, so he lost at the beginning.
From here, it can also be seen that the reason why the Yongzheng Dynasty TV series has endured for a long time, and the reason why it is a generation of classics, or has its own reason. Although many plots are inconsistent with history, it can be said that the political ecology of the ancient officialdom can be said to be portrayed in three points, which is quite allegorical and worth seeing.
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